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Israeli Knesset approves law to ban Palestinian prisoners to be freed in political deals
Date: 2014-11-04 07:37:22 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1260721
Israel's Knesset on Monday night gave final approval to a law preventing the release of Palestinians prisoners convicted of murder as part of any future political agreement or prisoner swap. The law, passed in its second and third readings, ....
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Israel reopens Karam Abu Salem, Beit Hanoun crossings
Date: 2014-11-04 07:12:30 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:1260617
Israeli authorities re-opened Karam Abu Salem and Beit Hanoun crossings Tuesday, Israel Radio reported. Israeli authorities suddenly decided to close the crossings after a mortar fired from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel on ....
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Israeli FM slammed for calls to eliminate peace
Date: 2014-11-04 06:08:31 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:1260317
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki has slammed calls by Israeli far-right Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman "to get rid of a historic peace process represented by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas." "The official Israeli policy that ....
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Palestinian prisoner continues hunger strike for 45th day in row
Date: 2014-11-04 06:06:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:1260297
Palestinian prisoner Raed Moussa continued his hunger strike for the 45th day in a row, causing his health condition to deteriorate more. In a press release on Monday, the Palestinian Authority of Prisoners' Affairs said its lawyer visited Moussa ....
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S. Sudanese president visits Sudan Tuesday
Date: 2014-11-04 05:58:35 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:1260293
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit is expected to arrive in Sudan Tuesday on a one-day visit accompanied with a high-level delegation including the ministers of foreign affairs, defense and petroleum. In a press conference on Monday, ....
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Lebanese Army arrests 7 militants in Tripoli
Date: 2014-11-03 17:54:46 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:1258645
The Lebanese Army arrested seven people Monday in its ongoing crackdown on militants in the northern city of Tripoli, the military said. The Army statement said two Lebanese and five Syrians were among the detainees. It identified one of ....
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Saudi Arabia slams Israeli closure of Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2014-11-03 12:13:41 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:1255797
The Saudi cabinet deplored on Monday a recent Israeli decision to close Al-Aqsa mosque. The cabinet also condemned Israel's plan to build 1,000 housing units in the occupied city of Al-Quds. It termed as provocative for all Muslims the Israeli ....
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Israeli forces raid West Bank cities
Date: 2014-11-03 11:47:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:1254061
Israeli security forces launched wide-scale raids in Nablus in the West Bank on Monday. Twenty young men and a child were detained in the security operation during which the Israeli forces stormed and searched several houses in the city. The ....
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OIC, Islamic Bank organize conference on combating Ebola in Jeddah
Date: 2014-11-03 10:14:15 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1254429
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Iyad Madani and President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Ahmed Mohammad Ali will co-inaugurate a conference on Wednesday grouping non-governmental and charity bodies to garner ....
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Security beefed up in Lebanon for Ashura celebrations
Date: 2014-11-03 10:04:02 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:1254281
Lebanese authorities, Hezbollah, and Amal Movement have reinforced security measures in preparation for the Shiite Muslims' celebrations of the Day of Ashura. The extra security measures come as a precaution step for potential terrorist attacks ....
